Hi guys! I wrote a super duper long chapter to make up for not updating! I've been swamped with school, and I honestly forgot about you guys :( sorry! But hey, this is like 4k words, so woo hoo!(: Hope you enjoy!

Previously on Everything Changes...

"Emily." I said, she being the first person – er, ghost – to come to mind.

"The ghost? Seriously?" Elena rolled her eyes.

Bonnie went over to her bag and put the necklace back into a pocket. "I wonder why she won't leave me alone..." I heard her mumble.

They bickered back and forth before Bonnie threw her hands up. "I'm a witch!"

Elena chuckled dryly. "And don't we all know it!"

I couldn't help but laugh. Elena could totally be thick sometimes.

"That's what I'm talking about! I'm trying to tell you something, and you aren't even listening!"

Bonnie stormed back into the kitchen and Elena rolled her eyes.

"I listen, don't I Caroline!"

I raised my hands. "Nope, nooo! I am not getting into this!"

I went upstairs to go to the bathroom, and when I came back down I heard Elena and Bonnie talking again.

Good. I smiled. They made up.

As much as Elena got on my nerves, I hated when she and Bonnie fought. It only created drama, and I had enough of that in my life.

"I have an idea!" Elena suddenly announced, running over to Bonnie, who was leaning against the counter. "Why don't we have a séance?" her eyes sparkled mischievously.

There's no way that that's a good idea. My gut told me, and Bonnie and I shared uneasy looks.

"I don't think that's a good idea." Bonnie said.

Elena, never one to be shot down, pouted. "Aw, c'mon, don't be a scaredy-cat!"

I rolled my eyes. "I agree with Bonnie, Elena."

Scoffing, she replied in an annoyed voice. "Seriously, you too?"

I didn't say anything, just simply shrugged nonchalantly.

"Fine!" my friend suddenly bit out. "Fine. Let's go upstairs and have a stupid séance."

Elena grinned widely and scrambled up the stairs, grabbing candles on the way.

"I thought you didn't think this was a good idea?" I asked Bonnie, as headed upstairs.

She was silent for a brief moment. "My curiosity got the best of me, and Jenna's out, so I figured, what the hell?"

I didn't reply, and my better judgment was telling me that this was a very very bad idea.

A few minutes later, we were sitting on the floor in a circle, holding hands. The lights were off, and a few candles were lit here and there, casting eery shadows on our faces.

"What are we doing?" I hissed at Bonnie, who shrugged in response.

"Be quiet and concentrate. Close your eyes...now take a deep breath, Bonnie. Call to her." Elena commanded.

The room fell silent, and Bonnie spoke. "Emily, you there?"

"That's all you got?"

"Fine!" Bonnie scowled. "Jeez." she closed her eyes and took a deep breath, her forehead creased in concentration. "Emily." her voice sounded old and powerful. "I call on you. I know you have a message. I'm here to listen."

The light in the room increased, and my head whipped to watch the candle's flames flare up for a moment.

Her brown eyes shot open, and she looked at us.

"Did that just..." I asked nervously.

"Yeah." Elena said, smirking. "It just happened."

"It's just the air conditioning." Bonnie said, trying to convince herself more then either of us.

"Ask her to show you a sign." Elena pressed. "Ask her!" she hesitated for a split second before blurting out, "Emily, if you're among us, show us another sign!"

Nothing happened for a moment, and Bonnie's shoulders sagged in relief. "See? It's not working."

The windows flew open, and I almost jumped out of my skin. Oh my god.

"I can't!" my witchy friend leaped up, ripped off her necklace and threw it on the ground. The candles went out abruptly, casting the room in darkness. "Get the light. Please get the light on." her voice trembled, and I stood up, making my way to the door, only to bump into something.

"Hold on. I got it." Elena said, and flicked on her light.

We looked around the room, but the necklace- it was gone.

"You guys..." I said, and Bonnie finished my sentence. "The necklace, it's gone!"

Third Person POV

Stefan and Damon stood on the football field, looking a bit out of place. The younger brother was holding a football, while the elder just looked plain confused.

"What are we doin' here?" Damon asked, raising an eyebrow.

Stefan chuckled, and threw the ball. "Bonding. Catch! Go on, give it a try."

Damon easily leaped up into the air and caught it between his hands with a soft thud. "Don't forget who taught you how to play this game."

Stefan suddenly tackled him, and his brother winced. "That hurt."

Stefan stood up, and brushed himself off. "Downside of my diet...getting hit actually hurts a little bit."

Damon stood up as well, and pulled a flask out of his jacket, taking a swig. They had just left Mystic Grill.

"I'm impressed Stefan. Fun with Booze and darts, sentimental with football, and now starry night. What do you want, Stefan?"

The younger man's face grew serious. "It wasn't real, Damon. Our love for Katherine. She compelled us. We didn't have a choice. Took me years to sort that out, to truly understand what she did to us."

Damon sighed and held up his hands. "Oh no, Stefan. We are not taking on that tonight."

"What do you want with Chandra's crystal?" he pressed.

"What do you mean Chandra's crystal? It belonged to Katherine."

"Yeah." Stefan said. "It was Katherine's only because she took it from Chandra, and gave her another necklace in exchange."

Damon narrowed his eyes. He clearly was not informed about this part of the story. "That doesn't explain how you know."

"Come on, you've been pestering both Caroline and Elena about it, you should have known one of them would tell me."

Damon stepped closer. "How do you know it was Chandra's? Someone gave it to Katherine on her last night. I was with her, and you...weren't."

He furrowed his brows. "I was the last one to see Katherine, Damon...Now, what do you want with it?"

They both looked confused. "She didn't tell you?"

Stefan shrugged. "We had...other things...on our mind."

"I could rip your heart out and not think twice about it." Damon suddenly announced, and Stefan clearly didn't care.

"I've heard that before."

Damon's steely blue eyes sparkled in the light from the stadium lights. "I have a bigger surprise, Stefan. I'm going to bring her back."

Caroline's POV

"Okay, fun's over, Elena. You made a point, and we get it. Now give it back to Bonnie." I said, staring at the brown haired girl.

"What?" she narrowed her eyes in disbelief. "Well I didn't take it! What? What happened?"

"I don't know...maybe its nothing." I replied truthfully, looking around the floor. "Jeremy?" I called into the hallway. "Are you home?"

Bonnie headed into the bathroom, murmuring under her breath. "Guys!" She said, standing inside the bathroom. She held the crystal up for us to see, and then the door suddenly slammed shut.

I gasped, and I heard Bonnie gasp as well. "You guys! Open the door!" she panted. "Help me!"

I ran over to the door, Elena right behind me. "Bonnie!" we exclaimed.

"Bonnie! What's going on, Bonnie?" I jiggled the doorknob, and turned to Elena. "Try the other door! I'll check the hallway!"

Elena nodded and ran to the other door in Jeremy's room.

"Bonnie! Bonnie! Unlock the door!" I heard Elena call, and I said the same thing, pounding on the door.

My skin suddenly grew cold, and I swallowed nervously.

My door suddenly creaked open, and Elena came around the corner.

"What happened? Are you okay?" I asked, staring at my best friend with wide eyes.

She stared right through me it seemed. "I'm fine." her voice sounded hollow, and I wasn't convinced.

"Oh my god you are unbelievable!" Elena scoffed. "You were totally faking it!"

"'Lena!" I snapped at the girl. "Do you seriously think Bonnie would fake that?"

"Yes!" she retorted, looking annoyed. "You scared the hell out of me!"

"Bonnie?" I asked again, quietly, looking into her eyes. They were the same shade of brown, but they just weren't hers. The way Bonnie was holding herself was different too.

"I'm fine. Everything's fine." Bonnie murmured, and Elena and I met gazes, confused looks on our faces.

Elena didn't say anything more, just huffed out, her annoyance clear.

Third Person POV

"Her? Which girl? I know you had...er...relations with both girls..." Stefan asked his elder brother.

Damon looked past his brother, and thought for a moment. "Before Katherine and the others were killed in the church, do you remember what it was like in the town?"

Stefan's eyes clouded over, reminiscing in the past fear and hysteria. "I remember the fear and hysteria...?" he tried to put the pieces together, but couldn't quite figure it out.

"Townspeople were killing vampires one by one. When they came for Chandra and Katherine, I went straight to Emily and said, "I'll do anything. Name your price, just protect them. She did."

"Why would you protect Katherine when she compelled both of us and used us?"

Damon narrowed his eyes. "She compelled me to do so, and I would have saved Chandra anyways, if it wasn't for Katherine killing us later on..."

"Wait, how did Emily protect them?"

He shrugged in response. "She did some kind of spell with the crystal. And while the church was burning and we thought they was burning in it. They weren't."

"But I saw both of them go inside." he mumbled, mostly to himself.

A smirk overtook the others face, and he shoved his thumbs in his pockets. "There's a tomb underneath the church. The spell sealed them in that tomb, protecting them. Easy peasy."

"So, they're alive? Both of them?"

Damon laughed. "If that's what you wanna call it. They've been trapped in a mystical holding cell for the last century and a half, but you're an expert on starving vampires, so how do you think they're doing, Stefan? Did you know that witches can use celestial events to draw energy into their magic? Me either. But in order to give the crystal its power, Emily used the comet that was passing overhead, and in order for that crystal to work again..."

"The comet had to return." Stefan's green eyes widened.

Somewhere in the distance, hidden from sight by the bleachers, was a figure, listening in intently. When the news that the girls were technically alive, their eyebrows shot up in shock. Could this be true?

Damon continued. "Downside...Long time in between comets and a couple of hiccups along the way with the crystal but the comet passed, and I got the crystal. And then Caroline got the crystal, and now Bonnie has the crystal and here we are."

"Why would Emily...Why would anyone do this for you?" he looked at the football in his hands, still trying to process this information.

"Because she knew they were gonna come for her, too, and she made me promise that her lineage would survive." He explained, but Stefan's expression didn't change. He still looked shell-shocked.

"I remember." he mumbled. "You saved her children."

He bobbed his head once. "It's the only thing keeping me from ripping that little Bonnie girl's throat out to get my crystal back. Well. A deal's a deal. So...You wanna go throw some more?"

Caroline's POV

Bonnie walked down the stairs, ignoring our questions.

This is not natural...something must be going on...should I call Stefan?

"I still can't believe I fell for it." Elena grumbled, watching Bonnie slowly walk down the staircase.

"Bon?" The witch stopped, but didn't turn around. "Are you alright?"

"I must go." she simply said, and kept walking.

"She's leaving." I turned to Elena. "I'm leaving."

Elena's face contorted into a sad frown. "You guys can't leave!"

"Sorry, I need to make sure Bonnie's okay..." I jogged down the stairs after her.

"Fine! Go! I've had enough freaky fake witch stuff for one night – lifetime – anyways!"

I scoffed and when Bonnie was at the front door, she turned around. "Thank you for having me. I'll take it from here."

I narrowed my eyes at my friend. "Where are you going?"

She met my eyes, her face emotionless. "Back to where it all began."

Something inside me clicked. It was Emily inside Bonnie!

I followed her out the door. "Emily." I said, sure of myself.

Her head whipped around to look at me. "I won't let him have it. It must be destroyed."

She briskly walked away. "Wait!"

Emily narrowed her eyes and threw her hand in my direction, sending me flying backwards and into my car. My head hit the frame and black spots appeared in my vision.

A few minutes later, when my head managed to stop screaming at me, Jeremy walked up, and looked down at me on the ground, confused. "What the hell?"

"Sorry." I mumbled, taking his offered hand and getting up. "I fell."

"Are you okay?" he asked, studying my face.

I nodded once, and looked down the way Emily was heading, but she was out of sight.

Jeremy went inside, and I quickly dialed Stefan's number.

"It's Bonnie!"

"What about Bonnie, Care?" he asked.

"Emily is possessing her. She said something."

I heard an exclaim, and Damon's voice was suddenly on the line.

"What did she say?"

I scoffed. "Give the phone back to Stefan!"

"I can hear you too, Care. It's fine." I heard him admit, and I continued. "She said, 'I won't let him have it. It must be destroyed.' And then she sent me flying into my car and she walked off. I would have gone after her but I think I might have passed out."

"Where do you think she went?" Damon demanded, and I shrugged, not realizing he couldn't see me.

"I don't know. She took Bonnie to Fell's Church, by the old cemetery in her dreams, so I guess that's where she went then." I heard a swoosh, and a thud.

"Sorry." Stefan suddenly spoke up, loud and clear. "Damon just ran off, probably to go get her. You should stay there. I'll go help her."

The line went dead.

Third Person POV

"Hello Emily." A deep voice said, and Damon Salvatore stepped out of the shadows. "You look different."

Emily's head whipped around to stare at him. "I won't let you do it." She stepped back a few steps, standing in the middle of the graveyard, in the moonlight.

"We had a deal!" he narrowed his eyes, studying her.

"Things are different now. I need to protect my family." she murmured.

"Hello Emily, Damon." Klaus stepped forward, surprising them both.

"Niklaus." Emily greeted, nodding her head, doing her best to not look afraid.

"I do believe you have something that belongs to us."

She looked down at the crystal, strung around her neck on the bronze chain.

"I protected your family. And Klaus stayed away from here, just like you wanted! You owe me! You owe us!" Damon snarled, stalking forwards.

"I know. I'm sorry."

Both men stalked forward, and Emily threw her hand, pinning them both to trees.

She flung her other hand and long branches pierced the middle of their stomachs. She was kind enough to spare them.

Stefan arrived a few minutes later, not noticing Emily, whom was standing behind the darkest and deeply shadowed tree.

Stefan's POV

"It hurts." Damon complained as I pulled out the branch. "This is why I feed on people."

I looked over to Klaus, met his eyes, and looked away. I did not have a good relationship, and was in no mood to help Klaus.

"Stefan." Bonnie stepped out from behind a tree, and I studied her for a second until nodding. "Hello Emily."

"These people don't deserve this. They should never have to know such evil!"

I cocked my head to the side. "What do you mean, evil?"

"Emily." Klaus snarled, and Damon continued for him. "You know we'll make you regret this, swear to God."

"I won't let you unleash them into this world!" she snarled right back, standing her ground.

"Them?" I asked. But only Chandra and Katherine are in the tombs? "What part of the story did you leave out Damon?"

He chuckled nervously. "What does it matter?"

I ran a hand through my hair, and suddenly heard a heartbeat, beating steadily.

Damon and Klaus heard it to, as did Emily. We all turned our attention to Caroline, whom was fast walking towards us, loudly crunching through the leaves. I was surprised I didn't hear her before.

"Tell me what you did." I directed at Emily.

She swallowed, and met Caroline's eyes. She finished walking and paused next to me, smiling sheepishly. I told her to stay home, but here she was.

Surprise, surprise.

Sorry. She mouthed, and I just shook my head in disbelief.

"To save them, I had to save them all."

"You saved everyone in the church?" Klaus exclaimed.

"With one, comes all." she stared straight ahead, glancing warily at Caroline yet again.

What was that all about?

"I don't care about them, I just want to be with Chandra, and to put a stake in that bitch Katherine's heart."

"I knew I shouldn't have believed a single word that comes out of your mouth. This isn't about love, is it? This is about revenge." I heard myself say. Despite all the bad things Katherine did to me, I still had some sort of feelings for her. I did keep her portrait after all...

"The two aren't mutually exclusive."

"Oh my god, Klaus." Caroline suddenly exclaimed, seeing the bleeding man against the tree.

He chuckled, his teeth red from blood. "Hello, love."

She swallowed nervously and looked back to Emily.

"Damon, you can't do this." she said, and I bobbed my head in agreement.

"Why not? They killed 27 people, and they called it a war battle. They deserve whatever they get."

"27 Vampires, Damon. They were vampires. You can't just bring them back." I pleaded, and Damon shrugged.

"This town deserves this."

"How would you know?" Caroline pointed out. "You were gone until just recently!"

He snorted. "Does it matter?"

She raised an eyebrow and I continued, backing her up.

"You're blaming innocent people for something that happened 145 years ago."

Damon shrugged, walking over to Klaus. "There is nothing innocent about these people, and don't think for a second it won't happen again. They already know too much, and they'll burn your little grandwitch right next to us when they find out. Trust me." he ripped the wood out of Klaus' stomach, and patted his shoulder.

"Things are different now." Emily pointed out.

"Don't do this." Damon said through clenched teeth.

Emily met my eyes for a moment, and then looked to Damon and Klaus. "I can't free them. I won't. Incendia!"

The wind started to blow violently and my brother's blue eyes widened. "No! No, please!"

"Bonnie!" I heard another voice call, and Elena ran through the trees. "Sorry I took so long." she said to Caroline.

"NO!" Klaus snarled along with Damon, and Emily threw the necklace into the air. It exploded, and the moment it was gone, Bonnie's neck craned up towards the sky, and she fell to the ground, Emily clearly gone from her body.

My brother was at her side in an instant, snarling and sinking his teeth into her neck. Klaus yanked him off of her a few seconds later, and they disappeared.

Caroline's POV

"Do something!" I exclaimed, running to Bonnie's side.

He was kneeling by her not even a second after. "She's alive, but only barely. I can save her."

He bit into his wrist, and fed Bonnie his blood.

I sighed in relief, "Her neck, it's healing."

I threw my arms around Stefan, hugging him. "Thanks." I smiled, and Elena hugged him as well. "Thanks, babe." she kissed him on the cheek and I looked away, grimacing.

Get a room.

Bonnie stirred on the ground, and Stefan took off, presumably after Damon.

Third Person POV

"Katherine nor Chandra never compelled me. I knew everything. Every step of the way, it was real for me. I'm going to leave now." Damon told his brother, staring up at the moon. He suddenly took off, and was gone.

Caroline'sPOV

"What happened to me?" Bonnie mumbled out, her hand on her forehead. She was leaning against my car, looking confused. "He attacked me, and his face...it was..."

"How do you feel?" I asked, not wanting to explain it just yet. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." her eyes were haunted. "It's just this blood." she looked down at her blood-stained shirt and hands. "I don't..."

Stefan suddenly appeared, and her breath caught in her throat.

"I'm not going to hurt you." he said earnestly, holding his hands up.

"What's going on, guys?" she asked again, looking to Elena, and then to me.

I met eyes with Stefan, and seconds later, Elena said, "We'll explain everything, Bonnie, okay? Let's just get out of the woods."

Bonnie was staring at her hands, tears running down her face.

"Bonnie." I said gently. "Bonnie look at me. Trust us. He's not going to hurt you. Come on. Come on." I opened the car door and she sat down inside, pulling her knees to her chest. I shut the door behind her and looked to Stefan. "Is she in danger of becoming like you?"

He shook his head. "No, she has to die with my blood in her system, so keep an eye on her tonight and make sure that nothing happens and once it leaves her system, she'll be fine." he hesitated, but continued on. "Damon might come after her, so make sure she gets home okay?"

Elena and I nodded. "We will."

"And Stefan?" I said, as Elena and I started to get into my car. "I'm going to tell her the truth."

"You sure?" he swallowed and looked into the backseat at Bonnie.

"She needs to know, and I trust her."

He nodded once, silent.

I got into the car, but then, suddenly, Elena leaped out and ran around to stand in front of Stefan.

"You saved her life. I'm sorry, Stefan. I thought that ...I couldn't be with you, but I can. You don't have to push me away. I can do this."

He looked away. "I can't. I have to leave, Elena. Too many people have died. Too much has happened."

When I heard him say this, I got out too. "What about me? Zach's gone, and you're just going to go too?"

Elena didn't say anything, she just stood there with her mouth agape. "Fine." she scoffed, clearly angry. "Fine. I see how you are. You aren't Edward Freaking Cullen, Stefan, you can't just walk away and expect me to be safe. Damon knows where I live, Klaus knows where I live!"

"I have to. Coming home was...it was a mistake. I can't be a part of your life anymore." he turned to me. "Zach is coming home tomorrow. You'll be fine. I think you both could use a vampire free life."

"Good-bye, Elena." he kissed her hand, and came over to me. "Caroline." he nodded, giving me a hug.

I blinked in shock, hugging him back. "Stefan..."

"You're just gonna walk away? Don't walk away, Stefan! Stefan!" Elena suddenly screamed out, the moment he disappeared.

"C'mon Elena." I said, awkwardly comforting the crying girl. "We need to get Bonnie home."